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Our Hills Are Alive
Our Hills Are Alive Opening May 3, 2-5pm as part of Dogwood Festival 2014 & the 5K Urban Art Walk runs through June 16, 2014 The theme of this year’s Dogwood Festival, “Our Hills are Alive,” plays off the Triple Locks Theater production of “The Sound of Music” but alludes to Coshocton County’s  lively cultural and artistic life.  The Festival exhibit, opening May 3 at the Pomerene Center for the Arts, celebrates 5 artists: Doug Anderson–glass, Ron Corl–furniture design, Todd Malenke–metal sculpture, Joan Staufer–painting and Erik Neff–woodcuts. With the exception of Erik Neff who grew up in Coshocton and now resides east of Cleveland in Newbery Ohio, the exhibit artists live…
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Joan Staufer
Joan Staufer. Painting. Joan lives and works in northern Coshocton County.  Her work can be viewed at the Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry and has been exhibited most recently at the Pomerene Center for the Arts as part of the exhibit  OUR HILLS ARE ALIVE, May/June 2014. On a cold and blustery February morning, I received an invitation to participate in the “bug” exhibit at the Pomerene Center for the Arts in conjunction with the annual Dogwood Festival.  I declined, explaining that since my right arm was broken, the studio was closed until spring. Besides, I thought, I’m a symbolist whose work reflects my spirituality and reverence for the earth, not…
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Erik Neff
Erik Neff. Painter/and for Our Hills are alive, a Printmaker Erik has exhibited in galleries and museums in Cleveland, Youngstown, New York and Chicago, including MOCA Cleveland, SPACES gallery, McDunnough Museum, Devening Projects + Editions, Bonfoey Gallery, Raw & Co gallery and Elizabeth Harris Gallery. Erik lives and works in Newbury, Ohio. He grew up in Coshocton Ohio. His work has been shown at the Pomerene Center of the Arts most recently as part of OUR HILLS ARE ALIVE, May/June 2014 As long as I can remember, I have had dual interests in art and nature.  I pursued a career in entomology before deciding art was more suited to my temperament.   And…
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